strategies for chemical disaster - ISCA

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Implementing relevant statues on management
of chemical substances
• The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
(amended 1991) and following Rules there
under:
• The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986
(amended 2004).
• The Manufacture, Storage and Import of
Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 (amended
1994 and 2000).
• The Hazardous Wastes (Management and
Handling) Rules, 1989 (amended 2000 and
2003).
• The Environment Impact Assessment
Notification, 2006
• The Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning,
Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996
• Bio-medical Wastes (Management and
Handling) Rules, 1989.
• The Factories Act, 1948 (amended 1987): State
Factory Rules.
• The Inflammable Substances Act, 1952
• The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (amended 2001):
The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
(amended 2005)
• The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
(amended 1992): The Public Liability Insurance
Rules, 1991 (amended 1991)
• The Petroleum Act, 1934: The Petroleum Rules,
2002
• The Insecticide Act, 1968 (amended, 2000): The
Insecticide Rules 1971 (amended 1999)
• The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995
• The Explosive Act, 1884 (amended till 1983):
The Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004. The Static and
Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules, 1981
(amended 2002). The Explosives Rules, 1983
(amended 2002).
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Government of India, New Delhi, A Guide to Safe
Road Transport of Hazardous Chemicals,(1995)
5. ILO, Major Hazard Control-a practical manual,
second reprint-Sept., (1996)
6. Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India, New Delhi, Manual on
Emergency Preparedness for Chemical Hazards,
(1992)
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Government of India, National Disaster
Management Guidelines Chemical Disasters,
(2007)
8. Surekha Kadapa Bose, Enviro File, An
Economic Times, Mumbai-special, 14, 5.6. (1998)
9. The Environmental Protection Act, (1986)
10. The Factories (Amendment) Act, (1987)
11. The Forest Conservation Act, (1980)
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